In January 2022, former president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow appeared on state television announcing plans to “close” the "Gates of Hell," a giant natural gas crater in the middle of the Karakum desert ...

A huge fiery pit dubbed the 'Gates of Hell' has been burning in the desert for more than 50 years - and is still going strong despite efforts to close it down. The Darvaza sinkhole in Turkmenistan ...

The still-burning Camp Fire is the most destructive in California history, torching 6,453 homes and burning more than 90,000 acres. About 52,000 residents have been evacuated from the fire, which ...

A young Russian man has been captured after he set fire to Moscow's notorious ‘Gates of Hell' in a protest against Russia's continued invasion of Ukraine.

Name: The Gates of Hell. Location: Karakum desert, Turkmenistan. Coordinates: 40.252501987265276, 58.43959946915778. Why it's incredible: The entire gas crater has been on fire for more than 50 years.

The reasons are pretty apparent: it’s an inhospitable open pit of fire. “The Gates of Hell” – Namibia’s Skeleton Coast An old wooden shipwreck on the Skeleton Coast in Namibia.

Gates of Hell crater has been on fire for four decades and scientists can't explain why The Darvaza Gas Crater, also known as the 'Gates of Hell', is a 196-foot-wide pit. By Emilia Randall.

The Darvaza Gas Crater, known as the 'Gates of Hell', has been burning for at least 40 years and is one of the most bizarre and extreme natural phenomenon on Earth. irishmirror.

The Gate to Hell also generates visitor revenue for a country that’s mostly closed to outsiders. “It’s marketing. It has become [Turkmenistan’s] number one tourist attraction,” says ...

Turkmenistan’s Darvaza Gas Crater – often referred to as the ‘Gates of Hell’ – is famed for the ethane-fueled flames that escape from its vents. But some say the fires aren’t burning ...

This Gate of Hell has a fire that has been burning for over 50 years. The Gate Of Hell was accidentally created in 1971, when a Soviet drilling rig punched into pocket of natural gas.